PRESENCE, PASSION AND PURPOSE

Psalm 16:11 NKJV You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

‘Oh, to be in England, now that April’s there’. That famous line is from a poem by Robert Browning in 1845 when he longed to be in England. We may all long to be somewhere at different times in life, especially if we’re far from home, but the Psalmist had a different longing. 

He longed to be in Gods presence because he knew that’s where he would find fulness of joy. Since we have the Holy Spirit living in us, we’re always in God’s presence now, but we may forget, or don’t always recognise He’s with us. Sometimes it’s good to stop and just be aware of His presence, especially when life is challenging, and let Him give us His supernatural joy!😊

God has such a zeal and a passion for the lost that it caused Jesus to go to the Cross in our place to reconcile us to His Father. God wants to release that passion in us so we’ll go and bring back to Him those who are lost and need a Saviour, so He can give them His forgiveness and love.

That is our purpose in life, to find joy in His presence, that releases His passion in our souls and motivates us to do what God calls us to do and be all He calls us to be. 

It may be to witness to someone in the shopping queue, or to tell a neighbour God loves them, or to text someone who needs encouraging, or to write a blog.😊 

God’s heart, His passion is to find the lost, to heal the brokenhearted and the sick, to bring peace to troubled hearts, to set captives free, but most of all to bring them into His presence, His family, and save them from the judgement to come. 

Lord, may we live in the joy of Your presence, fill us with Your passion, and help us to fulfil the purpose You have for each of our lives. In Jesus name. Amen.